Tịnh Biên District


Tịnh Biên is a rural district of An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 115,901. The district covers an area of 337 km². The district capital lies at Tịnh Biên.
The Tịnh Biên frontier market is located here.
Tịnh Biên is located about 125 km away from Phnom Penh along the National Highway 2. It is a common route used by tourists between Cambodia and Vietnam. The Khmer population is relatively high, especially in the communes of An Cư, Tân Lợi, An Hảo, Giao Va and Vĩnh Trung. Tịnh Biên District is connected by Highway 91 to Cần Thơ which also connects to Highway 1. and Highway 55 to Hà Tiên, about 80 km.
A village in the district was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle at Tịnh Biên during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting.
Due to its proximity to the border with Cambodia, smuggling tobacco and electronic goods is operated in Tịnh Biên.

Border crossing

A border crossing with Cambodia, called the Tịnh Biên International Border Gate, is located in this district just outside the town of Xuân Biên. The border crossing connects to the Vietnamese National Highway 91. Besides conventional Vietnamese visas, this border crossing is also listed as a Vietnamese Evia entry point for foreigners.
The border checkpoint on the Cambodian side is called the Phnom Den International Border Gate, which is leads to the Cambodian National Highway 2 towards Phnom Penh.